Pharmacy First
NHS Pharmacy First Scotland
NHS Pharmacy First Scotland is an NHS service provided by your local community pharmacy.
If you have a minor illness, a pharmacy is the first place you should go for advice.
You do not usually need an appointment and you can go to any pharmacy.
Your local pharmacist or a trained member of the pharmacy team will give you advice and provide medicine if needed. They may refer you to another healthcare professional if they feel your condition needs further investigation or more specialist care. For example your:
- GP practice
- dentist
- optometrist
- another NHS service
- FIND YOUR NEAREST PHARMACY https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/pharmacies/
Who can use NHS Pharmacy First Scotland?
You can use NHS Pharmacy First Scotland if you are registered with a GP practice in Scotland or you live in Scotland.
Speak to the pharmacy team if you need more details.
How does the service work?
Pharmacists and their teams are experts in medicines and can help with minor health concerns.
A pharmacist, or a member of the pharmacy team, can give you advice and treatment (if you need it) for various minor illnesses and common clinical conditions.
For a full list of conditions you can get help for and further information please visit NHS Inform